His outstanding knowledge of the content and layout of the codices discussed in his study allows him to pursue his arguments throughout the book. In this book, Németh revisits, amplifies and expands on his view of the innovative structure and function of the EC, presented in a series of articles he published in distinguished journals or volumes in the course of the last decade.

András Németh. The Excerpta Constantiniana and the Byzantine Appropriation of the Past. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

From The Medieval Review (TMR). Review by Panagiotis Manafis, University of Birmingham